Politics
OPINION | From Parkfield to Pride and Palestine, we are all entwined
George Reiner
April 15, 2019
Over the past few months, the West Midlands, and the UK at large, have been following the developments at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham. A small, but very vocal, minority of parents…
MP Preet Kaur Gill shares Vaisakhi message of hope ahead of community celebrations
Vimal Korpal
April 14, 2019
Preet Kaur Gill, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, has spoke of the values of community, harvest and coming together in a special Vasakhi message shared to coincide with the Sikh festival. Highlighting why…
MP John Spellar backs LGBT inclusive education following equality vote gaffe
Rhiannon Storer
April 8, 2019
A Sandwell MP, who last month was one of only 21 Members of Parliament to vote against LGBT inclusive education, has now come out in support of diversity lessons after…
Birmingham students strike from school to protest lack of climate change awareness
Emily Lowes
March 15, 2019
Students all over the UK skipped school today to protest against the last of social awareness surrounding climate change. A rally in Birmingham attracted hundreds of pupils as schools up and…
Birmingham knife crime surge “unprecedented” says West Mids mayor Andy Street
Staff Reporter
February 28, 2019
West Midlands mayor Andy Street has joined a chorus of voices concerned about the sudden surge in knife crime in Birmingham this month, describing the recent spate of attacks as…
Rapper Lowkey back in Birmingham for intimate Glee Club album launch
Staff Reporter
February 26, 2019
Rapper Lowkey is returning to Birmingham for a special launch party to celebrate his latest album, 'Soundtrack to the Struggle 2'. Described as “arguably the biggest name on the UK hip-hop underground…
Birmingham equality educator shortlisted for global teaching award amid LGBT protests
Rhiannon Storer
February 22, 2019
A Birmingham teacher at the centre of a row over lessons on LGBT+ rights is up for a $1 million global teaching prize. Andrew Moffat, assistant headteacher of Parkfield community school…
REVIEW: Blue/Orange – 20 years on, it still has something to say
Rhiannon Storer
February 15, 2019
Christopher (Ivan Oyik), a young black Londoner, has reached day 28 of his detention at a psychiatric hospital and wants to go home. Problem is, he thinks oranges are blue…
Owen Smith MP considers quitting Labour, despite previously declaring ‘There’s no alternative outside the party’
Staff Reporter
February 7, 2019
Member of Parliament Owen Smith has said he is considering quitting the Labour Party, over Jeremy Corbyn's handling of Brexit. However, in 2016, he told I Am Birmingham he was "Labour…
Chinese Labour Corps: Exhibition marks the forgotten men of the First World War
Rangzeb Hussain
February 6, 2019
The Chinese Community Centre-Birmingham is commemorating the forgotten men of World War I - the Chinese Labour Corps – in an exhibition being held to coincide with Chinese New Year. A…